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Health Administration (BA)

The health care and social service industry in Canada is the second-largest employment sector. Rising demands for health care, costlier and more diverse treatments, and the ways in which infectious disease outbreaks (such as the H1N1 virus) can disrupt the economy, suggest that it will take more than a medical background to help manage these issues.

Our Health Administration program offers you a blend of Health Studies, Leadership, Management, and Society, Culture and Environment courses to provide you with an overview of the factors influencing health and illness and an understanding of Canadian health care systems. You will also have the opportunity to specialize in either Human Resources Management or Community and Social Services Management through an integrated graduate certificate program through Conestoga College. You’ll earn both your degree from Laurier and your graduate certificate from Conestoga at the Brantford campus, all in only four years. It would normally take you five to complete both.

The combination of theory and practice will allow you to develop a greater understanding of the systems currently in place, the changes the systems may undergo to meet the growing demand for services, and how to operate successfully within the health care setting. Graduates of the program will be prepared to assume important non-clinical roles in the health care sector in Canada.

Info for Current Students

Program Highlights

Connect with your fellow students and create opportunities to grow and succeed in your field through the Health Studies Student Association.

A combination of theory and practice will allow you to develop a greater understanding of the health-care systems currently in place, the changes these systems may undergo to meet growing demand, and how to operate successfully within a health-care setting.

Requirements

International Baccalaureate Requirements

HL or SL English at 3.

IB Minimum Score: 24.

Careers

Graduates of our program will be equipped with the knowledge and skills needed to assume integral roles in the growing and increasingly complex health-care sector in Canada. Some example careers include: